Kelly Hughes Iverson

Ms. Iverson is a partner in the firm whose practice is devoted to the defense of claims for professional malpractice and product liability. She represents numerous community hospitals, academic medical centers and individual health care practitioners in a wide array of medical and nursing specialties in professional malpractice claims. Ms. Iverson has also represented manufacturers in claims alleging injury from defective products and environmental clients in claims alleging toxic exposure to lead and mold.

Ms. Iverson appears regularly before the Circuit Courts of Maryland and the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. She also appears before the United States District Courts for Maryland and the District of Columbia. Clients call upon her for all aspects of case management, including development of case strategy and trial. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and has tried jury trials to defense verdicts. Ms. Iverson handles appellate practice, including both written appellate briefs and the presentation of oral argument to the appellate courts. She has represented appellate litigants, and clients have engaged her to write amicus briefs. Ms. Iverson frequently presents to health care providers and hospitals on the topic of medical malpractice litigation.

Ms. Iverson is active in state and local bar association activities. She is currently the President of the Baltimore Bar Foundation, Inc., the Vice President of the Bar Association of Baltimore City, and chair of the Maryland Pattern Jury Instructions - Civil Subcommittee for the Maryland State Bar Association. She also has chaired the Judicial Selections Committee for the Bar Association of Baltimore City.